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GIVE  JIM  HIS  CHANCE 

BY  LEIGH  RICHMOND  MINER 


Deah  Lawd,  so  thankfu’  — I’se  liftin’  prayer— 
My  boy  Jim’s  safe  back  from  ovah  thaih. 

An’  I’se  dat  gratefu’  Jim  done  his  pa’t, 
f’se  gwine  give  yo’  praise  from  dis  oP  hea’t. 

Dat  look  uv  glory  what  goin’  made 
I  craves  to  ax,  Lawd,  don’  let  it  fade 

Outen  Jim’s  eyes — seem  Iak  he’s  a  been 
’Long  de  paf  we-all  jes’  missed  o’  see’n’; 

Lawd,  keep  dat  vision  cl’ar  ’fo’  his  eyes, 

Les’  Jim  slip  hack  whaih  darkness  lies 

So  heavy  dat  nary  one  can  see 
In  Jim  de  man  what  he’s  meant  to  be. 

Dey  sez  dat  Jim  done  right  sma’t  in  France 
But  hyeah,  Lawd,  I  ax,  give  Jim  his  chance. 


domtesij  of  “  The  Outlook.” 


COOKING  LESSON  FOR  EXTENSION  WORKERS 


EFFICIENCY  and  service  are  the  fundamental  prin¬ 
ciples  of  the  great  educational  work  for  the  Negro 
and  Indian  started  by  General  Samuel  Chapman  Armstrong 
in  1868  on  the  shore  of  Hampton  Roads  near  Old  Point 
Comfort. 

Hampton  Institute  has  sent  out  over  10,000  graduates 
and  ex-students  with  a  knowledge  of  agriculture,  trades, 
business,  and  the  principles  of  teaching,  which  has  enabled 
them  to  support  themselves  and  become  leaders  in  their 
communities. 

The  farm-demonstration  movement,  employing  last 
year  24  farm-demonstration  agents  responsible  for  24 
counties  of  Virginia,  originated  at  Hampton  and  more 
than  half  of  these  agents  received  training  there. 

There  were,  in  1918,  out  of  a  total  of  57  workers,  39 
Hampton-trained  Negro  women  acting  in  the  rural  dis¬ 
tricts  of  Virginia  as  county  supervising  teachers  of  garden¬ 
ing,  canning,  and  other  branches  of  home  economics. 


THE  HOME  OF  AN  INDIAN  GRADUATE  IN  SOUTH  DAKOTA 
Built  by  himself  from  plans  drawn  while  at  Hampton 

HAMPTON  first  received  Indians  in  1878.  It  was  the 
first  industrial  school  to  open  its  doors  to  Indians, 
and  has  therefore  had  a  wide  influence  in  the  education 
of  the  race.  The  number  of  students  has  never  been  large, 
but  there  are  now  between  eight  and  nine  hundred  living 
graduates  and  ex-students,  scattered  from  Canada  to  the 
Mexican  border,  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific 

The  men  are  working  in  various  professions  and 
trades,  are  mostly  farming  or  stockraising.  Many  of  the 
women  are  nurses  and  teachers ;  but  by  far  the  greater 
number  are  in  homes  of  their  own.  Those  in  school  now 
have  been  brave  enough  to  work  for  their  education  and 
are  fitting  themselves  for  lives  of  usefulness  among  their 
people. 


Hampton  Institute  is  an  undenominational  school, 
controlled  by  a  board  of  seventeen  trustees.  The  school 
property  includes  about  1100  acres  of  land  and  140  build¬ 
ings,  many  of  which  have  been  built  by  the  students. 

The  number  of  students  is  1737,  of  whom  440  are  col¬ 
ored  children  in  the  Whittier  Training  School,  and  447 
teachers  in  the  Summer  School.  The  850  boarding  pupils 
provide  their  own  board  and  clothing,  partly  in  cash  and 
partly  in  labor  at  the  school.  But  the  great  majority  of 
students  cannot  pay  their  tuition,  which  is  one  hundred 
dollars  per  pupil. 

Many  Sunday  schools,  associations,  and  friends  of  the 
two  races  are  interested  to  give  these  scholarships,  and 
larger  and  smaller  sums  year  by  year,  according  to  their 
ability,  and  thus  assist  Hampton  in  raising  the  amount 
needed  for  current  expenses  in  addition  to  its  regular  in¬ 
come.  A  full  scholarship  may  be  endowed  for  $2500. 

To  take  its  proper  place  in  the  work  of  racial  re-ad- 
justment,  Hampton  must  raise  this  year  from  private  sub¬ 
scriptions: — 


Toward  Retirement  Fund 

15 

gifts 

of  $1000 

$15,000 

For  extension  work  in  Va. 

30 

gifts 

of 

500 

15,000 

For  teachers’  salaries 

60 

gifts 

of 

250 

15,000 

For  teachers’  salaries 

150 

gifts 

of 

100 

15,000 

For  teachers’  salaries 

200 

gifts 

of 

75 

15,000 

For  teachers’  salaries 

300 

gifts 

of 

50 

15,000 

For  upkeep  on  buildings 

600 

gifts 

of 

25 

15,000 

For  general  expenses 

1500 

gifts 

of 

10 

15,000 

For  general  expenses 

3000 

gifts 

of 

5 

15,000 

$135,000 

Any  amount  you  may  care  to  contribute  will  be  gratefully  received  by 
James  E.  Gregg,  Principal,  or  F.  K.  Rogers,  Treasurer,  Hampton,  Va. 


